Both were Soviet developments of foreign designs from the early 1930s the T-26 was based on the British Vickers 6-Ton, and the BT tanks were based on a design from American engineer J. The BT tanks were cavalry tanks: fast-moving and light, designed for manoeuver warfare. The T-26 was slow-moving, designed to keep pace with infantry on the ground.
#BATTLE OF KURSK TIGER VS 50 T 34 SERIES#
In 1939, the most numerous Soviet tank models were the T-26 infantry tank and the BT series of fast tanks. 8.1 Tanks of comparable role, performance, and eraĭevelopment and production Origins.4.1 Estimated numbers in service, 2010/14.T-34 variants were widely exported after World War II, and as recently as 2010 more than 130 were still in service. Its development led directly to the T-44, then the T-54 and T-55 series of tanks, which in turn evolved into the later T-62, that form the armoured core of many modern armies. With 44,900 lost during the war, it also suffered the most tank losses ever. Replacing many light and medium tanks in Red Army service, it was the most-produced tank of the war, as well as the second most-produced tank of all time (after its successor, the T-54/T-55 series). The Soviets ultimately built over 80,000 T-34s of all variants, allowing steadily greater numbers to be fielded despite the loss of tens of thousands in combat against the German Wehrmacht. Its production method was continuously refined and rationalized to meet the needs of the Eastern Front, making the T-34 quicker and cheaper to produce.
#BATTLE OF KURSK TIGER VS 50 T 34 UPGRADE#
Its general specifications remained nearly unchanged until early 1944, when it received a firepower upgrade with the introduction of the greatly improved T-34-85 variant. The T-34 was the mainstay of Soviet Red Army armoured forces throughout the war. Every other model was created by Ukrainian tank designer Alexander Alexandrovich Morozov. The T-34 was manufactured in the city of Kharkiv and although the tank was originally designed by Mikhail Koshkin, he only made the Model 1940. Alfred Jodl, chief of operations staff of the German armed forces noted in his war diary "the surprise at this new and thus unknown wunder-armament being unleashed against the German assault divisions," although its armour and armament were surpassed later in the war. After the Germans encountered the tank in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa, German general Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist called it "the finest tank in the world" and Heinz Guderian affirmed the T-34's "vast superiority" over German tanks. The T-34 had a profound effect on the conflict on the Eastern Front in the Second World War, and had a lasting impact on tank design. Walter Christie's M1928 tank, versions of which were sold turret-less to the Red Army and documented as "farm tractors", after being rejected by the U.S. The Christie suspension was inherited from the design of American J. Its 76.2 mm (3 in) tank gun was more powerful than its contemporaries while its 60-degree sloped armour provided good protection against anti-tank weapons. The T-34 is a Soviet medium tank introduced in 1940.
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